On this glorious Thanksgiving Day, I am eternally grateful that we dodged this massive bullet in hindsight.

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1. Proven once again “And if I need to convince you come here, to carry that legacy forward, then you ain’t the one to be it.”

2. Fuck him and his annoying wife. Thank god we dodged that bullet

3. The thing the Lakers got with JJ is that he’s a basketball nerd and an offensive basketball nerd at that. I think Hurley is an elite coach, but JJ is so smart and has such a huge basketball IQ he can adapt Hurley’s best sets and create his own. id o think looking back Dan will regret turning this job down.

4. Funny that he did world tour about not coming and his wife did this whole story about up leaving Connecticut and saying “my whole life is here” like every coach don’t do it like grow tf up

5. When being too cheap pays off in the long run.

6. Don’t forget Klay Thompson’s rejection.

7. This was dodging a bullet for sure. “Missing out” on the Kawhi signing was dodging a nuke.

8. f this dude, woj and his gold diggin wife

9. He would have been Rick Pitino levels of bad.

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11. LeBron would have been blamed as a coach killer again, funny how that narrative has died since we’ve actually gotten a competent coach

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    Him and Kawhi not signing with the Lakers

13. I remember ppl crying over this guy turning the job down. It was fuckin doomsday and media tried to hype it up. Clown was just using the lakers name with his friend woj
    Happy thanksgiving to my fellow American fans. So you guys just take Friday’s off too, cause holiday on a Thursday is weird.

14. Most of the people in this very thread were bummed as shit when he didn’t come, I guarantee it.

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    I’m grateful we went with the podcaster

16. We also dodged signing DFS. I mean Pelinka probably already knew well ahead he wasn’t going to get him but from the outside looking it was one of those things that was being decided.

17. I never understood this on his behalf. This is a guaranteed 70 million…just come give it a shot…if you think your gonna fail just get fired and have enough money to retire for life…

18. Not only that, but him not being fired also led to JJ REDDICK being lakers head coach.

    Dodged a bullet and won the lottery

19. Dude was such a dick about it for no reason too

20. He was never gonna sign in LA. It was always a leverage move to get UCONN to pay him.

21. I mean he’s still doing really well for himself sooo lolll I think it worked out for everyone. Imo he’s better served for college vs the pros

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23. Oh fuck that guy!

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    JJ finding out Hurley turned down the job

25. the importance of lighting – he looks like a psychopath.

26. Neither Kawhi nor Paul George could handle the pressure it takes to be a Laker

27. As a UConn fan, I am grateful he turned the Lakers down